The finding of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate is associated with increased mortality in a large UK population

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 875-880

  Quinn, Michael P ^a   Cardwell, Christopher R ^a   Kee, Frank ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a   Savage, Gerard ^a   McCarron, Peter ^a   Fogarty, Damian G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eGFR; mortality; reduced renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952178723     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq505     Document Type: Article

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